And he says, yes, it is. And We've done this 13 times. I voted repeatedly this week to open the government if you want the food stamps to go out. The Democrats had it in their power to [send food stamps]... All they had to do was vote yes to fund the government. and they had multiple opportunities. And the Democrats all voted no, or all but three, I think, voted no. The reason the Democrats have been able to force this shutdown is in order to move a funding bill in the senate. (24:40–24:46)
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Asserts that Democrats could have ensured food stamps were distributed by voting to fund the government.
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